Octavia Spencer Inspired Fans By Promising To Buy Out A Screening Of "Black Panther" In An Underserved Community

“I will buy out a theater in an underserved community there to ensure that all our brown children can see themselves as a superhero.”

So, we all know that Octavia Spencer is an incredibly talented Academy Award-winning actor.

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She’s also someone who is not afraid to speak out about diversity and equality in Hollywood (and beyond).

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Octavia recently took to Instagram to announce her plans to buy out a screening of Black Panther in an underserved community of Mississippi on the film’s opening day.

Black Panther is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to feature a black superhero as the lead. Spencer told her followers that she wants to “ensure that all our brown children can see themselves as a superhero.”